English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Winterbourne

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Ann Without (Lewes)

Historical Forms

  • Winterburna 966 BCS1191 12th
  • Wintreburne 1086 DB
  • Wynterborn Mimmes 1288 Ass

Etymology

There is a true 'winter bourne' here, i.e. a stream which is normally dry in summer.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site